
•PR 3736 
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1 1887 
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BY 

Augustus Montague Toplady 

II,I,USTRATED BY PHOTO-GRAVURES AFTER ORIGINAI, DESIGNS 

BY 

FREDERICK W. FREER 

"I will put thee in a clift of the rock.'** 




NEW YORK 

CopyHght, 1887, by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES 

Successor to White, Stokes, & Allen 

1887 



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iRocft of Uqcb, cleft for me/' 



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iKocF? ot Uqcs, clett tor me, 
Xet me bibc m^selt in tbee ; 
3Let tbe water anD tbe bloob, 
IFrom tb^ riven siDe wbicb fiovv'D, 
JSe ot 6tn tbe double cure, 
Cleanse me trom its guilt ant> power. 



^^ iRot the labors of m? banba 
Can fulfil tb? law'6 &emanb6/' 



iFlot tbe labors of m^ bant)s 
xi Can tumi tb^ law's C)emant)s; 

€oult) m^ 3eal no respite ftnow 
€oul^ m^ tears forever flow 
BU tor sin coulb not atone, 
» Ubou must save, anD tbou alone. 



^'Ibelpleea, look to tbee for 



grace; 



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Coi^gRisirr 1887 B-y ^^'REPBEicg: J^.g 




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Irlotbtng in mp ban^ IF bring ; 
Simply to tb^ cross IT cling ; 
iaaF?et>, come to tbee tor Dress ; 
Delpless, look to tbee tor grace ; 
ffoul, f to tbe fountain ti^ ; 
Masb me, Saviour, or IT Me» 



**XIXIlben m? e^elibs close in ^eatb." 



Coip-sBiGHr, 1887 B-r i^EDEsicas: JV. Stokes . 




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XKHbile ir ^raw tbts flcetlna breatb, 
Mben m^ ei5elit)s close in beatb, 
TPdlben H soar tbrougb tracts unknown, 
See tbee on tb^ judgment tbrone, 
1Rock ot Hgcs, cleft tor me, 
%ct me biC)e myself In tbee* 



Bugu6tuf Montague ^opla^^, tbe autbor of 
tbis beautiful b^mn, was born in Surrey, BnglanD, 
in 1740 ♦ ♦ tbe was grat)uateD from ^rinit^ 
College, Dublin, anD was afterward vicar of :Broa& 
IbenburSt Devonsbirc . ♦ Ibe was an able writer 
anD proDuceD man^ b^mns wbicb bave become 
popular . . 1be Diet) in 1778. 



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